'f a c e or the centuries, and impart a crowd -of relative ideas-. The- abundance of
*-CouKT&Y‘ timber, and the dfverfity of the foliage, contribute greatly to enrich the
landfcapej but it is here reputed a- weed, and the planter ieldom
Jpare-s trees near his habitation, as the roots; having no great room to
. -fpread or penetrate, they would' be' dangerous during a ■ $|blehj|t$$nd.
- 4* What-a beautiful country, not difgraced by a fingl© tree,” is an idea
■ purely American. The landfcape is lefo ennbbled by lofty mountains 1
than by rivers of .great magnitude; .and is frequently injured by the
barren afpe& of large fields, whichhave been exhaufted by the culture
of tobacco, and which fcarcely produce a weed or a pile of grafs. The
northern provinces called New England are generally hilly, as they approach
the fkirts of the Appalachian chain, which has, by no unfit fitai-
litude, befen called the pn&of the United territory. Thames Jfr.tjhefe
northern regions are thickly clothed with wood, and often -pervaded by
cohfiderable risers'; and many romantic cafcades are formedbyrivu-
lets falling from the rocks, while towards the. Afore the land klfevefond
fandy. m Virginia, acentralftate, the Blue Mountains, and. other,ridges
of the Apalacbian, add great charms and variety tOithbprofpefo. w f e
isfurther enlivened by many .'beautiful plaiits and birds; particularly \he
humming bird, flicking the. honey of various flowers, and ^apfidly
glancing in the fun its indefcribable hues^of green, purple,raod gold.
Here a plain from 150 to 200 miles-in breadth, reading frormthe
mountains to the fea, is ftudded with "the villas of rich proprietors, the
ancient hofpitable country gentlemen o f the United States. Similar
levels appear in the Carolinas and Georgia. Beyond the Apalac'hian
ridges extends another rich plain of amazing fize, pervaded by the
muddy waves of the Miffiffippi, which does not appear to be table land,
■ but on nearly the fame level with, the eafbern plain. In.Kentucky the
furface is agreeably waved with gentle fwells, repofing on a vaft bed of
limeftone; and a track of about twenty* miles along the Ohio is''broken
into "final! hills and narrow vale». - *
The foil, though of various deferiptions, is generally fertile, often, on
theeaft of the Blue Mountains, a rich brown loamy earth, fometitnes
a yellowilh clay, which becomes moreand more fandy towards the fea-
Sometimes there are confiderable marihcl), and what are called fait
flieadoyvs»
meadows, arid Ijiots calle'd-barrens, ^hicfe^bv^h,’iiiPthe original.forfeits, So
are fohM’fo hd bare of Tfeesfbr, a-^bfidelralik On the weft of
the Apakchian chain the ffoiTik a'lfo/gkhefillyJ eMWiehtVi'a'ollrin. Kentucky
Tome fpot-s -are deerHed 'te^rieh- for-Wheat, product ‘ rriay
aifofofr fo,fixty bufods^n alendj^'&bpiff 1 frx fe|f h|k>w‘,the. forfaugh
thefe fe<forifon-iy a bed of lMdftonfe. The- valefj 'ftates- '
arh alfo Very prtfthifliye.
In agricUltdf-e1 the Americans are welhffcilled'pa.nd arp-^ge* to adopt Ag
tftyadvatfoges of'ErigMfh ^eriefo$ '' T ie datefgf&ft pfofident Wafti-
ingtoh 'was himfelfart^efcelknf farmerand it Upkpufiid thahableaft
th^'pafts irffout of the inhabitant ©£ the United1 Stathg-are emp^O’d
in agriculture. Thrsrfrh6'antf; vigor ©us' yebMairiry may regarded !
fjthlfoffof of any 'ffate ;^n’d''Comrrfe¥^e:'wih
bjiuieftce fo'epable thettHo' pfomlfofovfery *|)'offi6ieHmpro'vefh^n&
ch1furefo*ricfo^ in Netri’Engllari-d arid Pennf^lVftk. The
p r fa r c ~ £ 0 f la'ifd-JObhi?ig,hnd other tendencies1® tfonfooly, 'dn^^f'Carei-
he ffe'prefled: Inch however k the '-ptogrbfs- oTagrieultufe,' that
tnc rates' are'enabfed, aim oft yearly, to mx^eafe^theWxptiriation-qf grain
aqd four. ^ In iy,86 Permfylva'hia' eStptjrffecF rfofocfoba’rrelsfof flour-;
Mryforio lefs than 369,618 barrels. Ain bug ihev numerous’prci'dd&sg
Ire wheat',■ rye,f barley', buck wheat, oats, beads, peafe, and maize, the'
laft ahatiye grairf.L In Virginia fom'e'ric'e'is Ciiltivatfed', and xsffbfind to
fucce&TwelT ontfte banks of thd Ohio. The Germirifpelt, a valuable
prouupL is alfo fo'wn in Pennfylvania; and irk feve^ah'provinces^ehifo^
and flax';aye ednaderabie flb|edts of agriculture. ■ The culture of furhip^l,1 |
aMsmhe other vegetables' ifommdn hn Englifh farms, - foetus as yet to
draw little'attention ;/ourimany,cUhivated’graffes are''faWnfopddh'yiri
glniaTnere are lueern, cinquefoil, burriet,’ red, whitfe, 'aridfellow'eld*'
vqy,--S;q| ’ That invaluable plant the potatbe-is’k-'native bfefo eciu-ntry ;
and there us‘ a fort called ground nuts j which feme particularly relifli..
There are feveral kinds- of melon and cucUmber. Hops are alfo culti- "
vated: and it is alirioft unneceflar-y to add tobacco, a well known pro-.
duift of Virginia, which opule-nt pr.ovi-n'qe bears' a' .c'onfoeralMe refem-
blance in culture and manners to otir Weft Indian Settlements. ; Ordfo
vol, n.
Pine barrens produce piiaes-'ondy,
4 1 •dhards